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Fairfield Porter  American  1907 -1975
Born: Winnetka, Illinois, United States 
Died: Southampton, New York, United States 
Studied: Harvard University 
Art Students League, New York City 
Instructors: Thomas Hart Benton 
Examples of Work: Brooklyn Museum of Art 
Cleveland Museum of Art 
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC 
Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. 
Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut 
Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC 
Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe 
Specialty: Painter
Style/School: Realism
Subjects Known For: Landscapes
Still Life
Portraits
Sunlit Interiors
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Fairfield Porter attended the Art Students League and graduated from Harvard. From 1928-30, he studied Art History with Bernard Berenson. Porter was a Realist best known for his lonely, austere interior scenes. His work can ... (More)

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